HC Deb 21 December 1999 vol 341 cc475-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were convicted of soliciting for prostitution in the Greater London area in each month from January to November. [103172]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Available information, which is provisional, is given in the table.

Number of females convicted for loitering or soliciting for the purposes of prostitution1 within the Metropolitan Police area (including City of London) by month (January to June), 19992
Convictions
January 192
February 178
March 206
April 154
May 155
June 137
1An offence under S 1 Street Offences Act 1959
2Provisional